A Common Household Item Cured My Heartburn Almost Instantly

I love pizza and lots of other foods that tend to give you heartburn. I've tried typical over the counter remedies, but I tried and unusual remedy that made my heartburn disappear in less than a minute. 

I was having Thanksgiving dinner last year with my girlfriend's family when her brother went to the cabinet and said "I need a shot of apple cider vinegar." I first thought he might have had several shots of something else, but he said he needed it because he had heartburn.

He downed the vinegar and within a minute said his heartburn was gone.

So I looked it up and apparently it does work.

Now he just drank it like a shot of whiskey, but RefluxD recommends you dilute one to two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with water to ease things on the way down. Of course I read this after I tired it straight up and felt the burn, but once I got past that about 30 seconds later, the heartburn was gone. No waiting.

Why does it work? According to Livestrong.com, heartburn is caused by a lack of acid in the stomach, not too much is a common misconception. The apple cider vinegar mimics the acid in your stomach and helps bring everything back into balance.

Your results may vary, but next time you have heartburn, why not try reaching in the kitchen cabinet the the vinegar instead of the Tums.

Have you tried apple cider vinegar for heartburn? How did it work out for you? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook and Twitter.